According to Peter Kornicki's research, the Hyakumantō Dhāraṇī were printed in the final years of the reign of Empress Shōtoku, who reigned 764–770.
Sources
- Begegnung mit dem frühneuzeitlichen Japan (blog.dnb.de)
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-asian-studies/article/hyakumanto-darani-and-the-origins-of-printing-in-eighthcentury-japan/CFF689ABB89B176CC9355D2FE7E8DAA6 (cambridge.org)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259418332_The_Hyakumanto_Darani_and_the_origins_of_printing_in_eighth-century_Japan (researchgate.net)
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